how to hook up floppy? twisted end go to drive or mobo?

[soulm4tter]

i forgot and i think this floppy drive may be dead.

 

[AndyHui]

Twisted end to the floppy, pin 1 oriented away from the power plug.

 

[KennyH]

Just hook it via Pin 1 on the mobo and the floppy. Pin 1 on the cable should have a red or pink stripe on it. Mobo and floppy should also be labeled as to which way to hook it up 😀

 

[JohnnyPC]

<< pin 1 oriented away from the power plug. >>



That's what I used to think until I figured out that my bad batch of 5 floppies weren't actually bad...check the drive, they do differ...

 

[Dan]

Twisted end to the drive and, in most cases, pin 1 nearest to the power connection. JohnnyPC is right though. Not all floppy drives are constructed the same. I remember one batch where the IDE connection was directly below the power connection.

 

[CZroe]

Pin 1 to the power connector? Do you have any Idea how many floppies can be fried with that comment? 😛 That's for IDE devices, but virtually half of all floppies are non-standard in orientation because the pin1-to-power "standard" doesn't exist for floppies! What really makes me mad is products like these: I find a floppy at the A+ class I took years ago, & it's not a keyed connector, doesn't have pin1 or 34 labeled, no distinctive "notch" mark or anything, so the only option is to connect because obviously, without a labeled pin1 it should be one of the many "tolerant" floppy drives that you simply have to reorient the cable, & sure enough, it fries it's self. Any engineer stupid enough to purposly not label it should make sure his product can survive this when half the labeled ones can!

 

[Jiggz]

I don't know about frying, but I have installed cables in reverse orientation and the only sign that tells me it's not correct is the consistent floppy light on as soon as you boot. Turn off the system and then re-orient the cable. Good To Go! Am I alone on this one or do they really get fried when not properly oriented?

 

[Dan]

I've fried my share of components in my day but never even singed a floppy. 😀

They're virtually indestructible!

 

[CZroe]

That's what I thought after my unusually long lucky streak with drives that could take it. Eventually, I found that at least 1/3rd can't take it & die.

 

[redhatlinux]

Pin 1 on the cable goes to the LEFT side, looking at the pins. Its the same side as the eject button, thats the right side looking from the front. Sometimes, the plastic lug on the cable prevents the connector from seating this way, but the lug can be cut off. The twist ALWAYS goes to the drive, thats because the drive select pins are flipped to access a second floppy drive.

 

[CZroe]

That's just it! Pin1's direction on the floppy cable is NOT standard!